supernova

See also: supèrnova and Supernova

English

Etymology

super- +‎ nova

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊvə

Noun

supernova (plural supernovae or supernovas)

1. (astronomy) The explosion of a star, which increases its absolute magnitude to typically a billion times that of our sun. Some leave only debris (Type I); others fade to invisibility as neutron stars (Type II).
2. (figuratively) Something brilliant.
   • 2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 59:

     Cornelius was the only one dressed in muscle but collectively they were a bully supernova.

Synonyms

• SN (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

• (astronomy): fast-evolving luminous transient

Related terms

• dwarf nova
• failed supernova
• hypernova
• micronova
• nova
• red nova
• supernova impostor
• supernova remnant
• unnova

 

Translations

exploding star

• Basque: supernoba
• Belarusian: звышно́вая f (zvyšnóvaja)
• Bulgarian: свръхно́ва (bg) f (svrǎhnóva)
• Catalan: supernova f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超新星 (zh) (chāoxīnxīng)

• Czech: supernova (cs) f
• Dutch: supernova (nl)
• Esperanto: supernovao
• Estonian: supernoova
• Finnish: supernova (fi)
• French: supernova (fr) f
• Georgian: ზეახალი ვარსკვლავი (zeaxali varsḳvlavi)
• German: Supernova (de) f
• Greek: υπερκαινοφανής (el) m (yperkainofanís)
• Hungarian: szupernóva (hu)
• Icelandic: sprengistjarna (is) f
• Indonesian: supernova (id)
• Irish: ollnóva
• Italian: supernova (it) f
• Japanese: 超新星 (ja) (ちょうしんせい, chōshinsei)
• Korean: 초신성(超新星) (ko) (chosinseong)
• Latvian: pārnova f, supernova f
• Lithuanian: supernova f

• Macedonian: супернова f (supernova)
• Malay: supernova
• Maltese: supernova f
• Mongolian: нэн шинэ од (nen shine od)
• Norman: supèrnova m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: supernova

  Nynorsk: supernova

• Persian: ابرنواختر‎ (fa) (abar-now-axtar)
• Polish: supernowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: supernova (pt) f
• Russian: сверхно́вая звезда́ (ru) f (sverxnóvaja zvezdá), сверхно́вая (ru) f (sverxnóvaja), суперно́ва f (supernóva)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: супернова f

  Roman: supernova (sh) f

• Slovak: supernova f
• Slovene: supernova (sl) f
• Spanish: supernova (es) f
• Swedish: supernova (sv) c
• Thai: มหานวดารา, ซูเปอร์โนวา
• Turkish: süpernova (tr)
• Ukrainian: наднова́ зі́рка f (nadnová zírka), наднова́ f (nadnová)
• Vietnamese: siêu tân tinh (vi) (超新星)

See also

• nova

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Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English supernova or German Supernova. Equivalent to super- +‎ nova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsy.pərˈnoː.vaː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: su‧per‧no‧va
• Rhymes: -oːvaː

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovae or supernova's, diminutive supernovaatje n)

1. (astronomy) supernova

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Finnish

Etymology

super- +‎ nova

Noun

supernova

1. supernova (exploding star)

Declension

Inflection of supernova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		supernova	supernovat
genitive		supernovan	supernovien
partitive		supernovaa	supernovia
illative		supernovaan	supernoviin
		singular	plural
nominative		supernova	supernovat
accusative	nom.	supernova	supernovat
	gen.	supernovan
genitive		supernovan	supernovien supernovainrare
partitive		supernovaa	supernovia
inessive		supernovassa	supernovissa
elative		supernovasta	supernovista
illative		supernovaan	supernoviin
adessive		supernovalla	supernovilla
ablative		supernovalta	supernovilta
allative		supernovalle	supernoville
essive		supernovana	supernovina
translative		supernovaksi	supernoviksi
instructive		—	supernovin
abessive		supernovatta	supernovitta
comitative		—	supernovineen

Possessive forms of supernova (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	supernovani	supernovamme
2nd person	supernovasi	supernovanne
3rd person	supernovansa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.pɛʁ.nɔ.va/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovae)

1. supernova

Derived terms

• rémanent de supernova

Further reading

• “supernova”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas)

1. supernova

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Italian

Etymology

super- +‎ nova

Noun

supernova f (plural supernove)

1. supernova

Related terms

• nova

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Portuguese

Etymology

From super- +‎ nova.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˌsu.peʁˈnɔ.vɐ/, [ˌsu.peɦˈnɔ.vɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˌsu.peʁˈnɔ.vɐ/, [ˌsu.peɦˈnɔ.vɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /ˌsu.peɾˈnɔ.vɐ/, [ˌsu.peɾˈnɔ.vɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ˌsu.peʁˈnɔ.vɐ/, [ˌsu.peʁˈnɔ.vɐ]

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas)

1. (astronomy) supernova (exploding star)

Adjective

supernova

1. feminine singular of supernovo

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

supernova f (Cyrillic spelling супернова)

1. supernova

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Spanish

Noun

supernova m (plural supernovas)

1. supernova

Further reading

• “supernova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014